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Near miss

Not only does this reckless, unnecessary, opportunistic election imperil everything you hold dear, it also deprived Bev Oda her place in the history books.

A parliamentary committee reviewing whether she had misled the House of Commons over a decision to reject an international funding request was unable to adopt its report before Friday’s non-confidence motion vote brought down the government. “Bev Oda missed becoming a footnote in history by about a millimetre,” said Liberal MP John McKay.

Contempt is contempt and Parliament is free to bring the issue forward after the election, no?

I really don't see them having the desire to do so mind you. Interest in zero-ing in on Bev Oda was already waning and the point was always at least in part to attack the controlling hand of Harper that made her reverse her approval by adding the Not after the fact.

Don't forget however that once the television cameras were off that Pat Martin eventually said, "I think [her alleged transgressions] are sins of omission more than commission and I'm not sure being less than truthful is as serious as offence as an out-and-out lie …"http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/otta…

I can't speak for anyone else, but I would have had much less of a problem with Minister Oda if the PMO would keep their grimy hands out of her department and let her do her work. I think I can safely say that this is true for other Ministers of various departments as well.

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